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Early Flu Season Warning: Rising Pandemic in Pediatric Cases

The flu season has made an early appearance this year, and health officials are raising alarms about the increasing number of cases among children. With a noticeable surge in cases across various regions, the call to action involves vaccination and heightened preventive measures. Why Is This Flu Season Starting Earlier? Typically, flu season ramps up […]

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Research

The Hidden Bias Threatening Public Health Research Integrity

Last year, a community health worker in Krakow sat across from researchers at a medical college. She had decades of lived experience working with immigrant families. Yet, when she shared stories about barriers to accessing care, the conversation stalled. Her input was noted, but not acted upon. This scene reflects a wider problem: public involvement […]

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Research

How Online Views on Cannabis Could Shape Public Health

Picture a local health department worker preparing talking points for a city council hearing. Community members will testify about cannabis zoning, medical access, and recreational sales. The worker knows they’ll need to balance equity, economics, and public health—but what’s less clear is how residents actually perceive the risk of cannabis. Traditional surveys take months. Today, that […]

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Research

What This Study Reveals About Vaping and Sleep

Last year, nearly one in three U.S. high school students reported using e-cigarettes. At the same time, adolescent sleep health is in crisis: most teens fail to get the recommended seven to nine hours a night. New evidence suggests these two issues may be deeply connected—and that vaping could be quietly fueling the nation’s sleep […]

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Health tips

Hey Doctors: Wash your hands!

It’s the sound you hear a thousand times in a hospital—the squirt of sanitizer from a dispenser, the rush of water at a sink. These small acts seem routine, even forgettable. But in reality, hand hygiene is one of the most powerful weapons we have against hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). And yet, compliance has long been […]

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Research

Can Everyday Wireless Signals Really Damage Your DNA?

I’ll be honest–> this one knocked my socks off. For decades, we’ve lived in an increasingly wireless world—mobile phones in our pockets, Wi-Fi in our homes, Bluetooth in our cars. These technologies make modern life hum, but could the same invisible waves connecting us be subtly damaging our DNA? A massive new scoping review of […]

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Research

How to Prove Your Research Makes a Difference in the Real World

Every year, billions of dollars are spent on research, but how much of it actually changes lives, shapes policy, or saves money? A sweeping review by Greenhalgh and colleagues tackles this head-on, offering a roadmap for how to measure research impact so funders, policymakers, and the public can see what’s working. As public funding comes […]

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Research

Being Better Ancestors for a Healing and Just Healthcare System

Healthcare in the United States is at a crossroads. Rising costs, declining (or precipitously falling) trust, and persistent racial and social inequities have made it clear: patchwork fixes and short-term programs aren’t enough. In their NEJM Catalyst article, Being Better Ancestors for a Healing and Just Healthcare System,” Somava Saha, MD, MS, Kellie Easton, and […]

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Policy

Best Public Health Tools for Local Government:

A Non-Partisan Guide to Data, Action, and Impact In cities, towns, and counties across the U.S., public health decisions are made every day that shape the well-being of communities. Whether you’re trying to lower asthma rates in a city neighborhood or improve maternal health outcomes in a rural area, the challenge is the same: you […]

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Policy

RFK speaks on Vaccines :-(

As misinformation spreads rampant across the globe, issues surrounding public health and vaccines have come into the spotlight. One of the recent high-profile cases involves the decision by the US government to pull $500 million in funding from mRNA vaccine research. This decision, led by the US Health Secretary, claims that these vaccines offer ‘more […]

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Epi

A Single Genetic Tweak Stops Mosquitoes from Spreading Malaria

The global public health community is abuzz with the latest breakthrough in the fight against malaria—a genetic modification that could potentially suppress the disease’s transmission. Researchers have engineered mosquitoes with a single tweak that makes them resistant to malaria infections, thus preventing the spread of this deadly disease. Malaria has been a scourge for centuries, […]

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